Product Description: The food at the world-famous Chopra Center for Well Being is designed to delight the senses, enliven vitality, and tap into the joy of being alive. Now, Deepak Chopra, David Simon, and Leanne Backer offer you marvelous recipes from this extraordinary place of healing-showing how nature provides us with all the nutrients we need to create meals that are delicious as well as nutritious. Combining modern nutritional science and Ayurveda, the most ancient healing system on the planet, The Chopra Center Cookbook features more than 200 appetizing, easy-to-prepare recipes and 30 days of balanced meal plans. You'll discover a new world of flavor and enjoyment with these low-fat dishes as the authors show you how to eat food that is good for you, re-establish the mind-body connection, and reverse the aging process.
exploring East Indian cooking and other treats The Chopra Center Cookbook : A Nutritional Guide to Renewal / Nourishing Body and Soul. Once I discovered my neighborhood Indian grocery (for the spices, lentals, etc.)and I found the Kombu seaweed at the Health Food Store, I was off on a wild adventure making Indian cuisine. Some of the recipes are really wonderful, e.g., Oatmeal Power Cookies (amazing! Now a daily treat.),Simple Marinade for Tofu or Tempeh, Basic Dahl, Stir-Fry Buddha's delight, and the Simple White Sauce: Basic Roux, which is only 79 Calories and 4.5 Gms of Fat for a large serving. The Roux makes everything you put it with taste great. I put it in the the Simple Basic Soup (recipe in book) and it was excellent. I recommend this for all looking for healthy, delicious vegetarian dishes.
Some good recipes and ideas I like this cookbook. I also think the ideas expressed on how to eat are right on and helpful. Some of the recipes are great and some not as much so. I was cooking up a storm when I first got this book but then many of the recipes use the same spices (cumin and coriander) which can get a bit tedious. On the plus side, you can learn to cook without using too much oil. You can make desserts with whole wheat pastry flour which are really yummy instead of boring and heavy. I have only tried a handful of main dishes and plan on trying more. Even if the end result doesn't knock my socks off, everything I have tried making is still edible and tastes ok. So I can't give it a 5 star but it is definitely a solid 4 star cookbook.
Tasty and healthy, woohoo I haven't tried every recipe in this book but so far so good. I've especially enjoyed the baked goods (check out the Zucchini Pecan Bread). Not only are the recipes good but the sections that precede them provide some really interesting and inspiring information on eating. It's a great foundation from which to approach the recipes that follow as well as those from outside sources, and I definitely recommmend reading them through. If you make an effort to utilize the advice in the book you might just end up enjoying this required daily activity a whole lot more than you used to. What you get out of this book though depends on your schedule, because there is just so much to do and make that seems appealing. Personally, the meal plan seems quite challenging because of the amount of cooking involved, but the meals themselves are good tasting (some more so than others), not particularly difficult to cook, and maintain a focus on healthy ingredients. I'm glad that I have this around my kitchen now as a reliable source of vegetarian recipes. I also like that amazon offers the online version of this book for an extra dollar or two when you buy it. I can see that coming in handy if I happen to be cooking away from home, or if I'd like to share a recipe with friends.
fabulous tasting food I am new to cooking. This book is easy and the food is fabulous!!! I eat more veggies now in 1 day than I used to eat in a week and I'm enjoying them!
Love it! We love this book! We have made many of the recipes that have all tasted great and are healthy. We also gave it to everyone for Christmas and they all love the recipes too.
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